Defiant Owner Closes U-haul

The operator of a U-Haul business that city officials said had been operating illegally in a downtown parking lot closed it on Monday, ending daily $50 fines against him.

Businessman John Daglaris, however, must still pay the city more than $25,000 worth of code violation fines that accumulated over two years, said City Attorney Tom Ansbro.

Daglaris ran the U-Haul business for 12 years in the parking lot of the 911 Food Store, on the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and East Dania Beach Boulevard. City codes ban the outside storage of rental cars and trucks in the area.